2. Sand painting. The students will be read a legend from one of the tribes covered in the book. Once the story is finished and discussed, the students will be a thin, 5x7x ¼ inch board. Using colored pencils, they will draw a picture of a scene they feel represents the story or one they especially liked. Once they are satisfied with the picture and the colors, they will proceed to start applying glue to the picture outline, one area at a time. With the glue outlining a section or characters in a section, all one color, they then can poor the chosen color of sand, covering the glue. Once all the glue is covered, they pure the remaining sand back into the container, and start applying glue to another section. This will continue until all the figures and areas are covered with sand. The painting will then be covered with a polyurethane sealant to hold the sand in place. After all students have finished and sufficient time has been given to allow them to dry, the students will explain their sand painting to the class.
3. Letter Journal (non delivered letter). Students will pretend that while rummaging through the belongings of their great, great, great grandparents, they came across a letter they (the grandparents) had received from a relative living amongst the Native American Indians. The writer is the child of one of the adult relatives, and is writing to the grandparents (all the greats removed for brevity) and describing what she/he has seen and done. The students will need to include factual information about the culture and lifestyle of the tribe the 'child' is writing about. They can choose the tribe, or this can be done after a section (e.g. Plains Indians). The students will be encouraged to think 'outside the box' and include drawings of the 'wondrous things' the relative is writing about. After completion, the student will read the letter to the class.